A Study of Body Weight Concerns and Weight Control Practices of 4th and 7th Grade Adolescents

Adams, Kimberly; Sargent, Roger G.; Thompson, Sharon; Richter, Donna L.; Corwin, Sara J.; Rogan, Thomas J.

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“…Além disso, nos jovens com nível socioeconômico mais elevado, foi verificada uma tendência de desejo por corpos mais magros e de uso de dietas (11,17) . Em estudos como o de Cok (14) , no qual o nível socioeconômico não foi fator associado a insatisfação com a imagem corporal, houve uma tendência de fatores como sexo (maior insatisfação para moças) e maturação (maior insatisfação para jovens mais maduros e mais velhos) se apresentarem como variáveis determinantes para a satisfação/insatisfação com a imagem corporal.…”

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“…Adams et al (17) investigaram 1.597 jovens norte-americanas, escolares da educação básica, e identificaram que os jovens negros selecionaram um tamanho de corpo ideal significativamente maior do que os brancos, e mais jovens brancos relataram que estavam tentando perder peso em comparação aos negros. Um número maior de moças de nível socioeconô-mico alto estava tentando perder peso em relação às de baixo nível socioeconômico.…”

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Percepção da imagem corporal e nível socioeconômico em adolescentes: revisão sistemática

Felden¹,

Teixeira²,

Gattiboni³

et al. 2011

Rev. paul. pediatr.

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OBJETIVO: Discutir as relações entre percepção da imagem corporal e fatores socioeconômicos como renda, grau de escolaridade e etnia em adolescentes. FONTES DE DADOS: Artigos selecionados nas bases PubMed e SciELO, sem limite de data de publicação, com amostras de adolescentes, nos idiomas inglês, espanhol, português ou francês, utilizando os descritores: "percepção da imagem corporal", "nível socioeconômico" e "adolescentes". SÍNTESE DOS DADOS: A influência do contexto socioeconômico na percepção da imagem corporal e satisfação/insatisfação com o corpo é tema relevante no entendimento da saúde dos adolescentes. Identificou-se que as relações entre imagem corporal e nível socioeconômico são complexas e os resultados dos estudos publicados não são conclusivos. As principais tendências observadas foram: jovens norte-americanos de classe baixa apresentaram maior chance de serem obesos ao contrário dos brasileiros; moças e rapazes apresentaram comportamentos diferenciados na percepção da imagem corporal, independentemente da etnia e do nível socioeconômico; moças brancas apresentaram maior insatisfação com a imagem corporal e maior busca por dietas do que moças negras, as quais parecem sofrer menos influência dos padrões de beleza em voga; jovens de menor nível socioeconômico apresentaram uma tendência a desejarem corpos maiores. CONCLUSÕES: Considerando-se amostras estrangeiras, houve uma tendência de maiores índices de insatisfação com o corpo em adolescentes de classe socioeconômica mais privilegiada. Em amostras brasileiras, análises sobre o assunto são escassas e pesquisas são necessárias, especialmente pelo fato de a população estar passando por modificações tanto econômicas como nutricionais.

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Percepção da imagem corporal e nível socioeconômico em adolescentes: revisão sistemática

Felden¹,

Teixeira²,

Gattiboni³

et al. 2011

Rev. paul. pediatr.

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“…For example, this study included only white children as participants and models, and thus our results reflect opinions of one racial group. Research has suggested that children who are black hold more accepting attitudes toward peers who are overweight; 26,35 and thus, more research with children in different racial groups is needed. Furthermore, it may be that our hypotheses were a better fit for children between 5 and 8 years of age, because they were closer in age to the models.…”

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Children's acceptance of a peer who is overweight: relations among gender, age and blame for weight status

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Objective: To examine the role of blame as a mediator of the relationships between perceiver age and gender and children's acceptance of an overweight peer. Design: Cross-sectional study of children's perceptions of their overweight peers using structural equation modeling. Participants: Two hundred and ninety-one children between the ages of 3 and 11 years. Measurements: Children viewed a videotape of a same-sex peer, dressed to appear overweight, interacting with an adult. After viewing the videotape, children responded to items assessing their perceptions of the child's social and emotional traits and how much the child was to blame for being overweight.Results: Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the traits loaded on a single factor, acceptance. Results of analyses for our structural equation model indicated that as blame increased, acceptance of the peer decreased. The relationships between gender and blame and gender and acceptance were not significant. Children were categorized into three age groups (3-4, 5-8 and 9-11 years) to examine the influence of age. Children between 5 and 8 years of age were less likely to blame the model compared with younger and older children. Conclusion: Preschoolers reported the lowest acceptance, indicating a need for intervention for children in this age range. Furthermore, it will be important to conduct longitudinal studies to determine the influence of interventions as the child passes through different developmental stages.

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“…A large body of evidence has shown that body dissatisfaction is common among females all over the world (1)(2)(3)(4) . Asian countries report higher body dissatisfaction than Western countries (3,5) .…”

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Differences in body dissatisfaction, weight-management practices and food choices of high-school students in the Bangkok metropolitan region by gender and school type

Chongwatpol

Gates

2016

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: The present study aimed to compare body dissatisfaction, food choices, physical activity and weight-management practices by gender and school type. Design: A questionnaire was used to obtain height, weight, body image perception using Stunkard's figure rating scale, food choices, physical activity and weightmanagement practices. Setting: Nine single-and mixed-gender schools located in Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Thailand. Subjects: Students in 10th-12th grade, aged 15-18 years (n 2082). Results: Only 18 % of females and 21 % of males did not indicate body dissatisfaction. About 66 % of females selected a thinner ideal figure than their current figure. Among males, 44 % wanted a thinner figure, but 35 % wanted a bigger figure. However, univariate analysis found differences by school type but not gender in the degree of body dissatisfaction; students in single-gender schools had more body dissatisfaction. Females reported using more weight-management practices but less physical activity, while males reported healthier food choices. Participants in single-gender schools had healthier food choices compared with those in mixed-gender schools. Adolescents who were at increased risk of a greater degree of body dissatisfaction were females, attended single-gender schools, had lower household income, higher BMI and less physical activity. Conclusions: Most participants reported being dissatisfied with their current body shape, but the type and level of dissatisfaction and use of weight-management practices differed by gender and type of school. These findings suggest that programmes to combat body dissatisfaction should address different risk factors in males and females attending single-and mixed-gender schools.

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A Study of Body Weight Concerns and Weight Control Practices of 4th and 7th Grade Adolescents

Cited by 92 publications

References 21 publications

Percepção da imagem corporal e nível socioeconômico em adolescentes: revisão sistemática

Percepção da imagem corporal e nível socioeconômico em adolescentes: revisão sistemática

Children's acceptance of a peer who is overweight: relations among gender, age and blame for weight status

Differences in body dissatisfaction, weight-management practices and food choices of high-school students in the Bangkok metropolitan region by gender and school type

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